Data Breaches

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment. Other terms for this phenomenon include unintentional information disclosure, data leak, information leakage and also data spill.

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  • Federal Reserve’s Money Transfer Services Suffer Outage

    This Data Breach alert was published at 25.02.2021 01.34 on Data Breach Today. Operational Error Blamed for Nationwide System CrashThe Federal Reserve’s online money transfer system, including Fedwire Funds and Fedcash, suffered an outage for more than three hours Wednesday afternoon, citing technical issues for the event and not a cyber incident. Systems were restored […] More

  • Senate SolarWinds Hearing: 4 Key Issues Raised

    This Data Breach alert was published at 24.02.2021 21.49 on Data Breach Today. Issues Include Attackers’ Use of Amazon’s InfrastructureThe Senate Intelligence Committee’s hearing about the supply chian attack that affected SolarWinds and dozens of other companies and federal agencies answered some questions about what went wrong but also raised four key issues. Read the […] More

  • Cybersecurity Agencies Warn of Accellion Vulnerability Exploits

    This Data Breach alert was published at 24.02.2021 21.34 on Data Breach Today. Latest Victims Include Australia’s Transport for New South Wales and Canada’s BombardierThe cybersecurity agencies of five countries have issued a joint advisory warning that hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in the Accellion File Transfer Appliance to steal data and execute ransomware. Australia’s Transport […] More

  • Phishing Campaign Mimics FedEx, DHL Express

    This Data Breach alert was published at 24.02.2021 19.49 on Data Breach Today. Fake Messages About Package Delivery Designed to Steal CredentialsA phishing campaign tried to steal credentials by sending emails that purported to come from DHL Express and FedEx, reports security firm Armorblox. Read the rest of this article here.  More

  • Updated Minebridge RAT Targets Security Researchers

    This Data Breach alert was published at 24.02.2021 19.19 on Data Breach Today. Zscaler: Malware Buries Itself Into TeamViewerThe operators behind the Minebridge remote-access Trojan have updated the malware, which is targeting security researchers using a malicious payload disguised in an attached document, according to the security firm Zscaler. Read the rest of this article […] More

  • Ransomware Attack Cripples Finnish IT Provider TietoEVRY

    This Data Breach alert was published at 24.02.2021 18.49 on Data Breach Today. Incident Disrupted Service to 25 CustomersFinnish IT giant TietoEVRY announced Tuesday that ransomware crippled its infrastructure, forcing it to take down affected systems to contain the spread of the malware. Read the rest of this article here.  More

  • Using ID Screening to Fight COVID-19 Economic Relief Fraud

    This Data Breach alert was published at 24.02.2021 16.34 on Data Breach Today. Dr. Gary Shiffman of Giant Oak on the Role of Artificial IntelligenceHigh-speed identity screening can play a critical role in cracking down on fraud tied to COVID-19 economic relief efforts without impeding legitimate access to funds, says Dr. Gary Shiffman, CEO of […] More

  • Senators Grill Cybersecurity Execs on SolarWinds Attack

    This Data Breach alert was published at 24.02.2021 01.34 on Data Breach Today. FireEye, Microsoft, CrowdStrike Offer New Details and RecommendationsThe CEOs of SolarWinds, Microsoft, FireEye and CrowdStrike rolled out a series of cybersecurity recommendations to a U.S. Senate panel Tuesday while detailing how foreign actors gained access into their firms’ systems as a result […] More

  • Ukraine Blames Russia for DDoS Attack on Defense Websites

    This Data Breach alert was published at 23.02.2021 21.49 on Data Breach Today. Alleged Attack Targeted Vulnerable Government Web ServersThe National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine accuses Russia of turning Ukrainian government servers into a botnet for massive distributed denial-of-service attacks that then caused the servers to be blocked. Read the rest of this […] More

  • Silver Sparrow Malware Infects 30,000 Macs

    This Data Breach alert was published at 23.02.2021 21.34 on Data Breach Today. Called Serious Threat, But Has Yet to Take Malicious ActionA previously undetected malware variant has infected almost 30,000 Apple Macs. So far, however, researchers have not seen the code, called Silver Sparrow, deliver any malicious payloads to these endpoints, according to a […] More

  • France Warns of Stolen Healthcare Credentials

    This Data Breach alert was published at 23.02.2021 21.19 on Data Breach Today. Alert Comes Amid Recent Ransomware Attacks on Hospitals, OthersFrench authorities are warning the country’s healthcare sector of the discovery of a glut of stolen credentials, apparently belonging to hospital workers, that were found for sale on the dark web. The alert comes […] More

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